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Dec 5, 2017 22:54:13 GMT
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Post by clt80 on Dec 5, 2017 22:54:13 GMT
How lovely, and so pleased the youngest wasn't rejected. You'll already know this but please keep checking they are all getting fed daily.
I had four hatch some weeks ago now and cleaned the nestbox out after 7 days. This is when I found it got dirty with poop and would have started to smell. Also I didn't want the chicks getting poop on them/eating it. I then cleaned it every other day.
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Oct 26, 2017 22:51:32 GMT
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Post by glendale8 on Dec 5, 2017 23:28:30 GMT
Yes I checked again yesterday when I got home mum and dad were out of the nest preening each other I had a look at the little ones and they all had full crops and looked content all huddled together and this morning mum and dad were in feeding. How are yours now are they starting to fledge?
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Dec 6, 2017 17:04:34 GMT
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Post by clt80 on Dec 6, 2017 17:04:34 GMT
They are doing well thank you for asking. The mother Shirley has been moved to a separate cage, she tried to lay another clutch. So John is doing the hard work now. The older ones are learning to feed themselves and all except baby Ida perch to sleep; Ida still likes to hide on the floor.
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Post by Hezz on Dec 6, 2017 20:25:17 GMT
If Blue is run off his feet, he is doing a good job. You probably know, but when you do move the chicks to clean the box, check their feet, under their claws, for dried on poop and check them for splayed legs. Oh, and also for food stuck in their beaks. This shouldn't happen with the parents feeding them but doesn't hurt to be vigilant. Listen to me; sounds like I know what I am talking about!!! Sometimes it does help to be one step back from the whole process, though, to remember everything ......
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Oct 26, 2017 22:51:32 GMT
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Post by glendale8 on Dec 6, 2017 22:59:15 GMT
Ha ha yes every time I see him he is eating or in the nest box when I go out in the morning he is waiting for me to clean out the bowls and fill them up again! As soon as I put it in he is going for it. I am refreshing their seed twice a day and they get two bowls of fresh fruit and veg a day one in the morning and one around 5.30 in the afternoon and he is getting through it. I really want to clean out the nest box and put fresh bedding in, the egg shells are still in there pushed to the corner and there is a bit of poop in there as well im trying to hold of until the weekend to do it and I want to check out the little ones to make sure all looks good, using all my might to not do it now
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Oct 26, 2017 22:51:32 GMT
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Post by glendale8 on Dec 6, 2017 23:51:55 GMT
They are doing well thank you for asking. The mother Shirley has been moved to a separate cage, she tried to lay another clutch. So John is doing the hard work now. The older ones are learning to feed themselves and all except baby Ida perch to sleep; Ida still likes to hide on the floor. That's good to hear I try to follows threads on here but its usually when I am at work then i get really busy. Yes that's what happened to the last Hen I had a few years ago, she laid a clutch and had two babies then when the smallest one was just starting to fledge she kept kicking him out of the nest, I thought why is she doing that, when I checked the nest box she had an egg in there I let her have one more clutch as she only had two babies and she had two more chicks so she had 4 chicks in two clutches she only used to sit on two eggs and push the others aside (I think she thought that is enough for me) then after that I had to separate them so they wouldn't have a third. I was told they have quick clutches as when they out in the wild they usually mate in spring when there is abundance of food and water for them so they try and have as many chicks as they can before the food source go's and the water is less. It's amazing how it's still a natural instinct for them even when in they are in captivity i guess you can call it.
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Oct 26, 2017 22:51:32 GMT
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Post by glendale8 on Dec 7, 2017 22:24:10 GMT
Hi all I got a quick pic of the bubs its a bit blurry I will get another one when I clean the nest box over the weekend.
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Post by helenmat on Dec 7, 2017 22:47:48 GMT
Awww so tiny! Well done.
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Post by Hezz on Dec 8, 2017 1:01:48 GMT
So strange to see all the chicks at the same development. No wonder Blue is eating for England!
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Oct 26, 2017 22:51:32 GMT
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Post by glendale8 on Dec 8, 2017 3:33:48 GMT
Yeah he sure is poor big blue, the biggest bub you can see in the pic was born a week ago and is huge already as you can see in the pic his crop looks like its going to explode, I think this one takes after Big Blue who is a very big boy. The little one is always underneath the others and is growing really well.
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Post by clt80 on Dec 8, 2017 11:41:01 GMT
Oh the memories!! Such a wonderful experience they look super!
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Post by skysmum on Dec 8, 2017 17:00:09 GMT
What beautiful little baby's, you must be so pleased with them
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Oct 26, 2017 22:51:32 GMT
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Post by glendale8 on Dec 10, 2017 22:18:47 GMT
Yes very proud especially for Blue and Annabel. Updated pic attached. All having a sleep while I clean the nest box out
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Dec 11, 2017 12:38:43 GMT
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Post by clt80 on Dec 11, 2017 12:38:43 GMT
Love them!
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Post by Hezz on Dec 11, 2017 20:18:25 GMT
Awww, keep growing, babies.
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